This crossword No. 27364 clues and answers were published on Sat 25 Nov 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27364 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Particular variety of sheep’s head and guts : STRIPE
4-across – What shouldn’t happen on a peninsula? : CRIMEA
9-across – Little cakes turned over — or up? : SNUB
10-across – Imposing boundaries on Mantel’s last copy : LIMITATION
11-across – Interference with musical holding it back : STATIC
12-across – Surgeon, one formerly employed in telephone exchange : OPERATOR
13-across – Fuss after swindle involving return of supporter’s diamond : CARBONADO
15-across – Part of India’s left end : GOAL
16-across – Split up role : PART
17-across – Shout about barren waste yielding fruit : CRANBERRY
21-across – Tom-tom heading off to Belgium for sacrifice : HECATOMB
22-across – Good antique, antiquely precious : GOLDEN
24-across – Backward glance sees traditional religious order originally held in esteem : RETROSPECT
25-across – Backing instrument’s border : ABUT
26-across – Redistribute booze to soprano dropped from higher accompaniment : DECANT
27-across – Decorate journalist receiving summons? On the contrary : BEDECK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Artisan nobbled crooner : SINATRA
2-down – Nick turned to automaton : ROBOT
3-down – Bird, 51, cracked nut : PELICAN
5-down – Lifted supermarket right off : ROTTEN
6-down – Help for addict swamping party in gas : METHADONE
7-down – Look into oxtail soup, fishing out one amphibian : AXOLOTL
8-down – Things beyond our ken … ”: poem lesbian doctor’s rewritten : IMPONDERABLES
14-down – Second endlessly supporting bass solo about weight problems : BARIATRIC
16-down – Falsely claim to nurse in advance? : PRETEND
18-down – Close bond with something to sleep in : NIGHTIE
19-down – Die, held up by mythical bird or stag : ROEBUCK
20-down – Can Oriental money reduce restraint? : LOOSEN
23-down – Contract bridge opponents carrying field : LEASE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.